tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post3316309362708156457..comments2024-03-25T07:54:22.672+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: Xena Warrior Princess: Ties that BindJuliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-22594955311291224052023-03-18T01:57:55.938+00:002023-03-18T01:57:55.938+00:00why is Hera killed his familywhy is Hera killed his familyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-63104745987296439312022-05-30T14:20:20.339+01:002022-05-30T14:20:20.339+01:00Aamintrac_gu Frankye Mack Crack
ovbibetaAamintrac_gu Frankye Mack <a href="https://wakelet.com/@liverkere322" rel="nofollow">Crack</a><br /> ovbibetaAamintrac_guhttps://wakelet.com/@hornhoustana488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-38067882994764639172011-02-21T19:54:44.369+00:002011-02-21T19:54:44.369+00:00It looks like a pretty thorny problem, actually. T...It looks like a pretty thorny problem, actually. There doesn't seem to be a real distinction in the scholarship between evil and wrongdoing, which strikes me as inadequate. It seems like what we're really talking about here is the personification of evil, which in the ancient world is very much a post-exposure to Zoroastrianism thing.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-18049257293309505252011-02-21T15:03:07.271+00:002011-02-21T15:03:07.271+00:00I don't know I'm afraid, my in depth knowl...I don't know I'm afraid, my in depth knowledge of Jewish history pretty much starts with the Roman Empire. I don't know that the concept of evil is particularly prevalent though - even in early Christianity, I don't think it's as prevalent as it later became in medieval Christianity, though the Devil and temptation by the Devil are obviously present from the at least the second century AD (compilation of the New Testament) onwards.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-49057273095337443692011-02-21T14:58:05.513+00:002011-02-21T14:58:05.513+00:00Very true, he wasn't evil, just disturbing. Th...Very true, he wasn't evil, just disturbing. The ancients don't seem to have had much a concept of evil. Good and bad, yes, but not real evil. Maybe that takes a dualistic approach to the universe like the Persians had. Hmmm,is there any real indication of the concept of evil in a culture not influenced by Zoroastrianism? That would include ancient Judaism. How much of the concept there predates the Babylonian captivity?DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-88295017875631187892011-02-21T11:20:28.776+00:002011-02-21T11:20:28.776+00:00I suppose Hera comes across as a bad guy in the my...I suppose Hera comes across as a bad guy in the myths of Hercules, actually, but it's generally more to do with personal vendettas than generalised evilness.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-14001424523503514232011-02-21T11:18:13.268+00:002011-02-21T11:18:13.268+00:00Yes, but the point is, he wasn't evil. He'...Yes, but the point is, he wasn't evil. He's portrayed in Xena as an unequivocal bad guy, which is not the way he's presented in Classical texts - none of the Olympians are presented that way.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-19910301242989675992011-02-21T11:00:48.145+00:002011-02-21T11:00:48.145+00:00Perhaps it's more of a late Classical/Hellenis...Perhaps it's more of a late Classical/Hellenistic view, but the Greeks were a bit ambivalent about Ares. Sure he was good for a laugh, but he was also rather unpredictable. He was often described as tattooed and closely connected with Thrace, so he wasn't quite properly Greek. Ares was the god of war in the sense of the chaos and wildness, the killing and the mud and the blood. The scrum if you will. The divine help you really wanted was Athena, who was all about strategy and tactics.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com